Dreadmallon

Well, the hate wasn't from Yu-Gi-Oh fans, but, like, outside fans of other animes (who obviously didn't like the Yu-Gi-Oh anime(s)). Generally the hate is towards the ridiculousness of the world being saved by card games, and that the plot took itself to seriously. Honestly I thought that they explained the concept well for what it was (an advertisement of the TCG; Granted, "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Season 0" in Japan aired before the card game took place, and wasn't about Duel Mons...

Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged is amazing lul

Yup, haha. That's what actually introduced me to people actually criticizing the show (prior to, I kept hearing how it was "amazing", "better than the others", etc.), before I actually looked, and found a good amount of people legitimately calling the show bad because of those aspects. I understand and accept the problems with the show, but it's a little disappointing, is all.